Notice of meeting regarding proposed solar installation at Dryden and Dodge & Stevenson Roads: Tuesday, April 4 at 7 PM, at Lansing Community Library, 29 Auburn Rd. (Rts. 34/34B) in South Lansing. Lower level large meeting room, enter west side, ground level off parking lot. Library is older brick bldg. in front of newer Town Hall.
My neighbor, Bert Bland, Director of Cornell's Environmental Health, is the Cornell U. contact for this project and offered to help set up an information meeting for birders and others interested in finding out more about this work. Bharath Srinivasan, who runs the development group at Distributed Sun - the firm proposing the solar arrays in Dryden, and others will be present to provide info and to ask for any input and concerns people have. Mr. Srinivasan provided this description of the proposed projects: The proposed Ellis Tract community solar project includes leasing approximately 110 acres of Cornell land in the Town of Dryden, currently managed by the Colleges of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine for agricultural research to a developer (SUN8) for the purpose of constructing three community-scale solar farms to generate power for sale to local residents through the new NYS Community Distribution Generation program. The project locations include 9MW on the Ellis Tract north of Stevenson Rd, 5MW on Dodge Rd, and 4MW on Turkey Hill Rd south of Stevenson Rd. As part of the project costs, multi-million dollar upgrades will be made to several miles of the local distribution grid. The projects proposed do not anticipate grading, using concrete or any other chemicals to construct or operate. The projects will have corridors for wild-life along the fencing to allow for easy movement between one-side to another. The arrays will be screened from neighboring properties using native plantings (eg. Along Dodge Road and Turkey Hill Road). The projects are expected to bring discounts to energy purchasers and incremental property tax revenue to Tompkins County, Town of Dryden and the Dryden Central School District, while generating clean, carbon-free electricity. ## Donna Donna L. Scott Lansing Station Road Lansing, NY d...@cornell.edu<mailto:d...@cornell.edu> -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
